DQ9 Encyclopedia
Empowered shield
A big shield that bolsters its bearer's HP if used in battle.
The essentials
- Simplest: make it in the Krak Pot, Power shield ×1 + Life bracer ×2.
- Sells for 13,750 G.
- Defence +29: 16th of 44 shields; top: Soul sucker (+40).
“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.
Use
- In battle: restores 75-94 HP to the user
- Never used up
Read in the code Exact values, computed like the game code
Vocations that can equip it: Warrior, Priest, Mage, Minstrel, Armamentalist, Paladin, Sage, Luminary
Resistances: fire, ice -5% damage
Style: Chic 31 · Aloof 27 · Naive 25 · Vanity 23 · Casual 21 · Allure 20
Alchemy Read in the code
- Power shield ×1 + Life bracer ×2
- Recipe in the book “Super-Duper Ultra-Mega Stuff to Make” (Upover – House 01)
Crafting tree
Quantities for 1 Empowered shield. Every ingredient that can be made is broken down to raw materials: the ones you can buy, pick up, find in furniture and blue chests or get from monsters, with no limit. Open or close a branch: the total follows, what is open gets made, the rest is to gather.
- Empowered shield×1
- Power shield×1or make it
Warrior's shield×1
Raging ruby×1or make it
Strength ring×1or make it
Gold ring×1
Aggressence×1or make it
Fisticup×2
Wakerobin×1
Softwort×1or make it
Strong medicine×1or make it
Moonwort bulb×1
Corundum×1
Panacea×1or make it
Special medicine×1or make it- Strong medicine×2or make it
Superior medicine×1or make it
Medicinal herb×1- Strong medicine×1or make it
- Moonwort bulb×1
Life bracer×2
Gold bracer×2
Life ring×4
Prayer ring×4or make it- Gold ring×4
Sage's elixir×8or make it
Magic water×8or make it
Royal soil×8
Nectar×24
Resurrock×12
To gather: 4 raw materials, 7 uses of the Krak Pot.
| Raw material | Simplest way to get it |
|---|---|
| Power shield×1 | Buy it, 17,000 G (Upover – Armour Shop, Dourbridge – Basement on Right Under Bridge). |
| Gold bracer×2 | Buy it, 350 G (Porth Llaffan). |
| Prayer ring×4 | Buy it, Cap'n Max Meddlin, Dourbridge (3 mini medals, repeatable) (Cap'n Max Meddlin, Dourbridge (3 mini medals and 1 more). |
| Resurrock×12 | Pick it up, Djust Desert (90 min, 1-3). |
Tree idea: Antoine. Thank you!
Best defence in the category, by vocation
- Warrior: Soul sucker (+40)
- Priest: Soul sucker (+40)
- Mage: Soul sucker (+40)
- Minstrel: Soul sucker (+40)
- Armamentalist: Soul sucker (+40)
- Paladin: Soul sucker (+40)
- Sage: Soul sucker (+40)
- Luminary: Soul sucker (+40)
Under the hood
Internal item number: 21282; record no. 1171 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 13750; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.
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